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Having been a part of many hiring processes, positive discrimination is a complete mirage. Hiring unqualified, below-par candidates for diversity is something t
by titzer 4y ago
Having been a part of many hiring processes, positive discrimination is a complete mirage. Hiring unqualified, below-par candidates for diversity is something that I have never seen happen. Done right, hiring for diversity means better outreach and actively fighting cognitive biases (ironically) like the one you're alluding to, and the OP has gone all-in on. It's an utter fallacy that minority groups are imposters by default.
- rowanG077 4y agoIt's not that members of positively discriminated groups(you use minorities here but thats completely wrong, asians for example are a minority but are strongly discriminated against) are imposters by default. It's just that the probability is significantly higher. On the other side of the coin: If you see an asian stem person for example you know for sure they were the cream of the crop since they had everything against them. This both reinforces stereotypes held by society and in the long run I expect it to only make things worse.
- tacitusarc 4y agoI've seen it once. I imagine it is highly dependent on the company, and not terribly common.